The African Diaspora International Film Festival brings you quality, entertaining, socially relevant films about the human experience of people of color all over the world.

Film Schedule:

Friday, November 29, 2024

12:30 - 2 PM: Blackxploitation in South Africa: Banned at Cinema Village
2:30 - 4 PM: Blackxploitation in South Africa: Joe Bullet at Cinema Village
4:30 - 6 PM: Father and Soldier at Cinema Village
7 - 9:30 PM: OPENING NIGHT: Death of a Whistleblower + Q&A and reception at Chapel, Teachers College
7 - 8:40 PM: Far From The Nile at Cinema Village
9:20 - 10:50 PM: Executive Order at Cinema Village

Saturday, November 30, 2024

12 - 1:30 PM: Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story at Cinema Village
1 - 2 PM: Because We Came From Afar at Chapel, Teachers College
1:50 - 3:40 PM: Amal at Cinema Village
2:30 - 4 PM: Chocolate Milk at Chapel, Teachers College
3:50 - 5:50 PM: Redlights & Missing From the Fire Trail at Cinema Village
4:30 - 6 PM: Mother Suriname at Chapel, Teachers College
6:30 - 8:30 PM: Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round + Q&A at Chapel, Teachers College
6:30 - 8:30 PM: James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket + Q&A at Cinema Village
8:40 - 10:15 PM: Father and Soldier at Chapel, Teachers College
8:45 - 10:15 PM: Kidnapping Inc. at Cinema Village

Sunday, December 1, 2024

12 - 1:30 PM: Ngoda at Cinema Village
1 - 2:45 PM: Amal at Chapel, Teachers College
2 - 3:45 PM: Locked Out + Q&A at Cinema Village
3 - 5 PM: Redlights & Missing From the Fire Trail at Chapel, Teachers College
4:30 - 6 PM: Mother Suriname – Mama Sranan at Cinema Village
5:20 - 7:20 PM: Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know + Q&A at Chapel, Teachers College
6:30 - 8 PM: The Life Coach + Q&A at Cinema Village
7:30 - 9:30 PM: Executive Order at Chapel, Teachers College
8:50 - 10:50 PM: As Far as I Can Walk at Cinema Village

Monday, December 2, 2024

11 AM - 12:30 PM: Masai and the Rain Warriors at Cinema Village
1 - 2:20 PM: Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story at Cinema Village
2:45 - 4:45 PM: Nome at Cinema Village
5:10 - 6:40 PM: Myopia at Cinema Village
6 - 7:30 PM: Blackxploitation in South Africa: Banned at Chapel, Teachers College
7 - 8:30 PM: Katika Bluu at Cinema Village
8 - 9:30 PM: Blackxploitation in South Africa: Joe Bullet at Chapel, Teachers College
8:50 - 10:50 PM: Kidnapping Inc. at Cinema Village

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

11 AM - 1 PM: Goodbye Momo at Cinema Village
1 - 3 PM: The Survival of Kindness at Cinema Village
3:20 - 4:30 PM: Barrow: Freedom Fighter at Cinema Village
3:20 - 8:40 PM: Caribbean Leaders Program: 3 films, Q&A and reception - $30 at Cinema Village
5 - 6 PM: Frantz Fanon: His Life, His Struggle, His Work at Cinema Village
6 - 7:30 PM: Katika Bluu at 179 GD, Teachers College
6:30 - 8:40 PM: Walter Rodney - Reception at 6:30pm, film at 7:00pm + Q&A at Cinema Village
8 - 9:30 PM: Sierra's Gold at 179 GD, Teachers College
9 - 11 PM: Moto Taxi (Bendskins) at Cinema Village

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

11 AM - 12:30 PM: Kirikou and the Sorceress at Cinema Village
12:40 - 2:10 PM: Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba at Cinema Village
2:40 - 4:10 PM: Sierra's Gold at Cinema Village
4:40 - 5:50 PM: Good Mourning at Cinema Village
6 - 7:30 PM: Quantum at 179 GD, Teachers College
6:10 - 8:10 PM: Legacy: A Decolonized History of South Africa at Cinema Village
8 - 9:30 PM: Lanier at 179 GD, Teachers College
8:40 - 10:40 PM: Back of the Moon: Sophiatown 1968 at Cinema Village

Thursday, December 5, 2024

11 AM - 1:10 PM: The Great Debaters at Cinema Village
1:30 - 3 PM: The Black Table at Cinema Village
3:20 - 4:40 PM: Quantum at Cinema Village
5:10 - 6:45 PM: Locked Out at Cinema Village
7 - 9 PM: GALA SCREENING: Power Alley + Q&A and Reception at Cinema Village
9:30 - 11 PM: Lanier at Cinema Village

Friday, December 6, 2024

6:30 - 8:15 PM: Ernest Cole: Lost and Found at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
8:40 - 10:40 PM: Death of a Whistleblower at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre

Saturday, December 7, 2024

2 - 3 PM: Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
2 - 9:30 PM: Parisian Tales Program: 3 films and Q&A at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
3:30 - 5:20 PM: Night of Destiny at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
6 - 9:30 PM: The Parisienne Uncovered + Conversation with Rokhaya Diallo at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre

Sunday, December 8, 2024

3 - 7:30 PM: GALA SCREENING: Breaking Boundaries + Q&A and VIP Reception at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre

Monday, December 9, 2024

6 - 7:30 PM: Far From The Nile at Chapel, Teachers College
8 - 9:30 PM: The Black Table at Chapel, Teachers College

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

6 - 7:50 PM: Aces & Good Mourning at Chapel, Teachers College
8 - 9:30 PM: The Wall Street Boy (+Q&A) at Chapel, Teachers College

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

11 AM - 1 PM: The Wall Street Boy (+Q&A) at The Forum
2 - 3:30 PM: Music Pictures: New Orleans at The Forum
6 - 7 PM: Maryse Condé: The Freedom to Write / la liberté d'écrire at 179 GD, Teachers College
8 - 9 PM: René Maran: The First Goncourt Noir (René Maran, le premier Goncourt noir) at 179 GD, Teachers College

Thursday, December 12, 2024

6:30 - 8:15 PM: GALA SCREENING: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos + Q&A and Reception at Cowin, Teachers College

Friday, December 13, 2024

6 - 9:50 PM: An Evening with Billy Woodberry: Bless Their Little Hearts + Q&A & Mario + Q&A + Reception - $25 at 179 GD, Teachers College
6 - 7:30 PM: Bless Their Little Hearts + Q&A at 179 GD, Teachers College
7:50 - 9:50 PM: Mario + Conversation with Billy Woodberry & reception at 179 GD, Teachers College

Saturday, December 14, 2024

1 - 4 PM: JAMES BALDWIN IN EUROPE Double Bill: Meeting The Man & The Price of the Ticket + Q&A and reception at 179 GD, Teachers College
2 - 3:10 PM: Nothing But The Truth at Chapel, Teachers College
3:30 - 5:30 PM: Death of a Whistleblower at Chapel, Teachers College
4:30 - 6:30 PM: I AM + Q&A at 179 GD, Teachers College
6 - 10 PM: Legacy: A Decolonized History of South Africa + Panel Discussion: "South Africa: 1994 -2024" a Conversation + Reception at Chapel, Teachers College
6:30 - 8:30 PM: The Life Coach + Q&A at 179 GD, Teachers College

Sunday, December 15, 2024

1 - 2 PM: The Esmeraldas Beach at 179 GD, Teachers College
2:20 - 3:30 PM: Sugar Cane Malice at 179 GD, Teachers College
4 - 6 PM: The Invisible Color: Black Cubans in Miami + Panel: "History and legacy of racial relations in Latin America" and reception at 179 GD, Teachers College
6:30 - 8:30 PM: CLOSING NIGHT: Selling a Colonial War at Chapel, Teachers College

Fest Date: November 29 - December 15, 2024

Locations:
Cinema Village, 22 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
Chapel, 179 GD, Cowin - Teachers College, 525 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027
The Forum at Columbia University, 601 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027

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